Pulley-hanger bracket for draw-curtain fixtures



Feb. 16 192$. 1,573,136

J.H.BQYE

PULLEY HANGER BRACKET FOR DRAW CURTAIN FIXTURES Filed Nov. 27, 1925 Patented Feb. 16 1926.

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' JAMES H. BOYE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGIIOR TO JAMES H. BOYE MANUFACTUR- ING COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PULLEY-HANGEB BRACKET FOR DRAVT-CURTAIN FIXTURES.

Application filed November 27, 1925. Serial No. 71,522.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JA ES H. Born, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pulley-Hanger Brackets for Draw-Curtain Fixtures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtainfixtures of the draw curtain type, and has reference more particularly to an improved hanger bracket for suspending from the curtain rod the pulleys over which the draw cord is trained. v r

In an earlier application filed by me on the 17th day of January, 1925, SerialNo. 2,977 l have disclosed a draw curtain fixture equipped with pulley hanger brackets mounted on the end portions of the rod which are suspended from the latter by a hook it the upper end of the bracket and are locked against swinging forwardly of the rod by integral tongues cut'and pressed up behind the lower edge of the rod. These brackets are locked against sliding movement lengthwise of the rod by set screws passed through the front portions of the brackets and bearing against the front face of the rod.

One object of my present invention is to provide an improved hanger bracket of this general type that will not require the use of any tool to mount it on the rod but may be readily snapped in place on the latter by the pressure of the hand. Another object is to provide a bracket of this type that will not require binding screws or similar devices to lock it against shifting lengthwise of the rod. Stillother objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which I have illustrated one practical and almroved embodiment of the invention, and wherein Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a draw curtain fixture of the flat curtain rod type showing the upper edge portions of the curtains suspended therefrom and my improved pulley hanger brackets applied thereto;

1* is.- .2 is as inner e g le at on a? the telescoping sections of a curtain rod of the well known flat type, and 12 designates "rackets in which the elbow shaped ends of the rod sections 10 and 11 are mounted and supported. 13 designates each of the two halves of the curtain, which are suspended their upper edges from the curtain rod by hangers 14:, the structural features of which constitute in part the subject-matter of my aforesaid application, and are immaterial to the present invention.

The curtains are simultaneously drawn-together and simultaneously drawn apart by means of the customary draw cord that is trained over guide pulleys suspended by brackets mounted on the end portions of the curtain rod, in a manner well under? stood in the art. The two depending limbs of the draw cord at one end of the rod are trained over a pair of horizontally journaled pulleys, while the folded or looped end of the cord is trained around a vertically journaled pulley carried by the hanger bracket at the opposite end of the rod. My present invention is concerned only with novel structural features of these pulley hanger brackets. 9 Referring more particularly to Figs. 2,

narrow flat strip of metal formed on its upper one with a rearwardly turned hook 16 that engages over and substantially fits the upper rounded. or beaded edge of the rod. Integral with the lower portion of one edge of the strip 15 is a rearwardly projecting arm 17, the forward portion 18 of which is bent at right angles into a plane parallel with the plane of the strip 15, the parts 15 and 18 supporting a pintle 19 on which are journaled a pair of pulleys 20, 21. Attached to the lower portion of the strip 15 as by a rivet 22 is the stem or shank 23 of a spring tongue 24 that projects rearwardly through a substantially central hole 25 in the strip 15, and lies beneath the free g a the h e l6. al p j ing ran" o and a, 15 designates a relatively long wardly from and integral with the opposite edges of the strip 15 are a pair of lugs 26 formed with substantially flat upper edges adapted, when the bracket is hung on the rod, to bear against the lower edge of the latter on opposite sides of the spring tongue The foregoing description applies to the right hand hanger bracket shown in Fig. 1; it being understood that the left hand bracket is identical except that it carries a single vertically journaled pulley at its lower end. I i

To mount the bracket on the rod it is necessary only to first engage the hook with the upper edge of the rod and then lightly press the bracket toward the rod until the tongue 2% slides pastand snaps up behind the lower edge of the rod. This yieldably locks the bracket against swinging out ardly from the rod, while, at the same time, permitting it to be easily re moved by pulling outward on the lower end of the bracket to disengage the tongue 24. Binding screws to prevent sliding movement of the bracket on the rod under the.

pull of the cord are wholly unnecessary, since the pull of the cord tends to cant the bracket edgewise, and this is resisted by the lugs 26 which, under such canting pull bind with ample friction against the lower edge of the rod to prevent displacement of the bracket on the latter; the lug on the inner edge of the bracketbeing principally effective for this purpose. lln this act-ion the tongue also co-operates, z 'inclinanifestly, if the tongue is made of sufiicient width, the lugs 26 may be dispensedwithQ WVhile I have shown and described one practical embodiment of the invention which in aractice'has been found to satis- 1actorily effectuate the statedpurposes and objects thereof, it is manifest that minor variations in structural details may be resorted to without departing from the substance of the invention or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. Hence I reserve all such variations and modifications as fall within the spirit and purview of the ap pended claims.

I claim 1- A pulley hanger bracket for draw curtain fixtures, comprising a metal strip formed at its upper end with a hook to engage over the upper edge of a curtain rod and at its lower end with a pulley bearing and-pulley, anda spring attached to said strip with a free portion thereof projecting rearwardly of the latter and adapted to snap beneath and behind the lower edge of the rod;

.2. The combination with a flat curtain rod, of a pulley hanger bracket comprising a flat metal strip transversely overlying the front of said rod and formed at its upper end with a suspension hook engaged with the upper edge of the rod and at its lower end with a pulley bearing and pulley, said strip also formed with a hole therethrough below the lower edge of the rod, and a spring attached to the front face of said strip and having a tongue projecting through said hole adapted to snap beneath and behind the lower edge of the rod to yieldably lock the strip to the latter.

8. A pulley hanger bracket for draw curtain fixtures, comprising a metal strip formed at its upper end with a hook to engage over the upper edge of a curtain rod, at its lower end with a pulley bearing and pulley, and on an edge thereof with a rearwardly extending lug adapted to engage with the lower edge of the rod, and a spring attached to said strip and formed with a tongue projecting rearwardly of the latter and adapted to snap beneath and behind the lower edge of the rod.

4;. The combination with a flat curtain rod, of a pulley hanger bracket comprising a flat metal strip transversely overlying the front of said rod and formed at its upper end with a suspension hook engaged with the upper edge of the rod, at its lower end with a pulley bearing and pulley, and on its edges with rearwardly extending lugs adapted to engage with the lower edge of the rod, said strip also formed with a hole therethrough below the lower edge ofthe rod, and a spring attached to the front face of said strip and having a tongue projecting through said hole adapted to snap beneath and behind the lower edge of the rod to yieldably lock the strip to the latter.

JAMES H. BOYE. 

